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people in general have been bombarded with scaremongering for two months now, no wonder they are scared witless, had they been shown this graph on who is at ri

people in general have been bombarded with scaremongering for two months now, no wonder they are scared witless, had they been shown this graph on who is at risk they would support different scenarios https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105061/coronavirus-deaths-by-region-in-italy/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105061/coronavirus-deat... and even for old people the majority of death are for those in nursing homes - old and very frail the overwhelming majority of the rest of the population is has an extremely low risk. Our focus should be on protecting the nursing homes not locking up everyone.

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kvnnews 6y ago
It really is unsettling how much control the media exerts. None of the lockdowns make any sense whatsoever.
- rsfern 6y ago
  Seriously? It’s not like we have the shelter in place orders just because of some media influence. These policies are driven by state governments working closely with medical and epidemiological experts. The countries that took these policies seriously and implemented them early have been much less impacted than e.g. the US, so why do you think the shelter in place policies don’t make sense?
afpx 6y ago
I haven't been bombarded with scaremongering. In fact, I barely even consume news except for forums like these. Yet, I've been concerned about this virus since day one - mostly because I have friends who work in virus research and biology, and they're all like, "This is a very serious virus, so do whatever it takes to not get it." So, I'm curious what is extremely low risk to you? And, what is the currently known mortality rate for someone aged 40? Because I'm having a hard time finding answers.
- glofish 6y ago
  I linked the image with official stats right there, look at it. what do you see? about 300 deaths for ages under 50 https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105061/coronavirus-deaths-by-region-in-italy/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105061/coronavirus-deat... out of more than 200K official (and most likely millions of actual) cases.
  - afpx 6y ago
    Clearly, you did. But, it didn’t answer my specific question. If I’m a 40 year old with diabetes, whats my expected mortality rate?

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kvnnews 6y ago

It really is unsettling how much control the media exerts. None of the lockdowns make any sense whatsoever.

rsfern 6y ago
Seriously? It’s not like we have the shelter in place orders just because of some media influence. These policies are driven by state governments working closely with medical and epidemiological experts. The countries that took these policies seriously and implemented them early have been much less impacted than e.g. the US, so why do you think the shelter in place policies don’t make sense?

afpx 6y ago

I haven't been bombarded with scaremongering. In fact, I barely even consume news except for forums like these. Yet, I've been concerned about this virus since day one - mostly because I have friends who work in virus research and biology, and they're all like, "This is a very serious virus, so do whatever it takes to not get it." So, I'm curious what is extremely low risk to you? And, what is the currently known mortality rate for someone aged 40? Because I'm having a hard time finding answers.

glofish 6y ago
I linked the image with official stats right there, look at it. what do you see? about 300 deaths for ages under 50 https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105061/coronavirus-deaths-by-region-in-italy/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105061/coronavirus-deat... out of more than 200K official (and most likely millions of actual) cases.
- afpx 6y ago
  Clearly, you did. But, it didn’t answer my specific question. If I’m a 40 year old with diabetes, whats my expected mortality rate?